Biography

Acclaimed underground/alternative cartoonist and editor.

Her first work was in 1973, in "Wimmen's Comix." She was also a regular contributor to "Arcade," "Young Lust," "El Perfecto," and "Weirdo," and was the creator of DiDi Glitz and the co-creator of "Twisted Sisters" with Aline Kominsky-Crumb.

In 1978 she edited a comic book called Lemme Outta Here!: Growing Up Inside the American Dream. It has a cover by Michael McMillan and a back cover by MK Brown.

Was a seminal creator in the underground comix movement-one of only a handful of female writer/artists in that space.

Central figure in women's comics since the early feminist publications of the 1970s. From "Red Diaper Baby" (2003), in which Noomin reflects on her parents' Communist views and activities, through her comics on abortion, female masturbation, abusive relationships, and miscarriages, to her most recently edited volume, the multi-award-winning anthology Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival (2019).